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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
arabesques, and "with rams' heads at the corners. Flames
issue from the vase, round which is hound a sash floridly
treated, of which the ends terminate in poppy-heads.
The whole is contained in a moulded frame. From the
convexity of the surface, it seems to have been set on the
outside of a circular building. 2nd cent. a.d. (?).— Towneley
Coll.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 2 inches ; width, 1 foot 10§ inches. Restored :
part of the frame and the most salient parts of the relief. For-
merly in the Mattei Collection, Rome. Venuti, Vet. Mon.
Matth., II., pi. 84; Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 2; Ellis, Town.
Gall., II., p. 293 ; Grceco-Eoman Guide, II., No. 22 ; Baumeister,
Denkinaeler, I., p. 576.
2209. Belief, in three tiers, perhaps typical of three Seasons.
(1) In the lowest scene, which may represent Winter,
tAvo men move to the right, carrying a dead boar slung
on a pole through a forest, which is indicated by three
trees and rocks. A huntsman follows holding a noose or
thong, and a stick; at his heels follows a dog. On the
left a man turns in a contrary direction, leaning against
a pine tree ; the action of his arms is doubtful, as they
are both restored. On the right a male figure, mounting
a rocky step, throws a stone at some object not showni.
The attire of these five figures is that of countrymen in
winter. Most of them wear short tunics reaching to the
knee, and heavy capes. The figure hurling the stone has
the right side bare ; all wear buskins.
(2) In the second tier the scene is on the sea, repre-
sented by waves. On the right a Triton is struggling
with a humped sea-bull, which he holds by the right
horn. In his left hand he holds a rudder, and on his left
arm is a panther's skin. On the right of the bull the
body of a youthful figure floats on the waves, the back
upwards. On the left a naked female figure, probably
Aphrodite, is seated on a rock, on which her drapery is
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
arabesques, and "with rams' heads at the corners. Flames
issue from the vase, round which is hound a sash floridly
treated, of which the ends terminate in poppy-heads.
The whole is contained in a moulded frame. From the
convexity of the surface, it seems to have been set on the
outside of a circular building. 2nd cent. a.d. (?).— Towneley
Coll.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 2 inches ; width, 1 foot 10§ inches. Restored :
part of the frame and the most salient parts of the relief. For-
merly in the Mattei Collection, Rome. Venuti, Vet. Mon.
Matth., II., pi. 84; Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 2; Ellis, Town.
Gall., II., p. 293 ; Grceco-Eoman Guide, II., No. 22 ; Baumeister,
Denkinaeler, I., p. 576.
2209. Belief, in three tiers, perhaps typical of three Seasons.
(1) In the lowest scene, which may represent Winter,
tAvo men move to the right, carrying a dead boar slung
on a pole through a forest, which is indicated by three
trees and rocks. A huntsman follows holding a noose or
thong, and a stick; at his heels follows a dog. On the
left a man turns in a contrary direction, leaning against
a pine tree ; the action of his arms is doubtful, as they
are both restored. On the right a male figure, mounting
a rocky step, throws a stone at some object not showni.
The attire of these five figures is that of countrymen in
winter. Most of them wear short tunics reaching to the
knee, and heavy capes. The figure hurling the stone has
the right side bare ; all wear buskins.
(2) In the second tier the scene is on the sea, repre-
sented by waves. On the right a Triton is struggling
with a humped sea-bull, which he holds by the right
horn. In his left hand he holds a rudder, and on his left
arm is a panther's skin. On the right of the bull the
body of a youthful figure floats on the waves, the back
upwards. On the left a naked female figure, probably
Aphrodite, is seated on a rock, on which her drapery is